On September 29, 2026, LegalOne, an internationally renowned professional rating agency, released its 2026 “Elite 100: Dispute Resolution” list. Thanks to their exceptional legal service capabilities, widespread market recognition, and outstanding client feedback, four attorneys from Beijing King&Capital Law Firm—Zhao Qilong, Gong Piguo, Sun Jinli, and Ma Zhao—were honored on this list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zhao Qilong is a senior partner at Beijing King&Capital Law Firm and the managing partner of the Civil and Commercial Litigation Department. He holds a Master’s degree in Civil and Commercial Law from China University of Political Science and Law. He serves as a member of the Contract Law Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association and heads the King&Capital Civil and Commercial Law Research Center and the King&Capital Bankruptcy Research Center. With over a decade of experience in the court system, he has held positions in criminal, enforcement, and civil trial divisions and previously served as a division chief, making him well-versed in judicial adjudication rules and practical procedures.

 

 

 

Since beginning his practice, he has focused on criminal compliance, civil and commercial litigation and arbitration, and corporate litigation and compliance, specializing in handling various complex and challenging commercial disputes. Notable cases he has handled include: one of the Beijing Financial Court’s Top Ten Landmark Cases—a bill of exchange recourse case involving a technology company; the LeTV and Kangdexin securities false statement cases; a series of disputes involving mergers and acquisitions of listed companies; the arbitration case involving a massive equity transfer between Peking University Qingniao and Grandall Real Estate; and a Tesla product liability dispute. Among these, the LeTV case was awarded the Commercial Law Outstanding Transaction Award.

 

 

 

Thanks to his outstanding professional capabilities, he has received numerous prestigious industry honors, including: 2026 Benchmark Litigation “Lawyer of the Year” for Beijing in the Asia-Pacific and China regions; 2024 ALB China “Top 15 Litigation Lawyers”; 2025 LegalOne “Top 100 Corporate and Commercial Practice Elites”; and inclusion in LawNews’ 2024 Directory of Elite Lawyers in the Dispute Resolution Field.

 

 

 

 

Gong Piguo is a senior partner at Beijing King&Capital Law Firm, Deputy Director of the Disciplinary Committee and a member of the Corporate Law Professional Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association, and Deputy Director of the Regulations Committee of the Chaoyang District Lawyers Association in Beijing.

 

 

 

Over his 30-year legal career, Attorney Gong Piguo has handled more than 600 criminal, civil, and commercial cases. His areas of expertise include corporate dispute resolution and criminal defense, with particular specialization in representing clients in corporate and commercial disputes and researching crimes committed by corporate executives. He has defended clients in criminal cases such as the bribery case involving Zhang Erjiang, known as the “Secretary of the Five Evils”; the fraud case involving Feng Jie, a senior reporter at Xinhua News Agency; the embezzlement case involving Yin Jun of Xinlik Group in the “April 27 Special Case”; and the bill (rediscounting) fraud case involving a manager surnamed Yao at Minsheng Bank. He has represented clients in numerous complex and challenging cases, including a retrial by the Supreme People’s Court regarding an equity transfer dispute between Peking University Qingniao Group and Malaysia’s Guohao Group over the Beijing Dongzhimen Plaza project; a guarantee contract dispute between a company in Anhui and a company in Qingdao; and a retrial of Guangzhou Yinghai Industrial’s action for objection to enforcement. He has also handled cases arbitrated by the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission. He organized the compilation of the *Series on Litigation Procedures and Case Handling Techniques for Senior Lawyers* (10 volumes) and published books such as *Litigation Procedures and Case Handling Techniques for Corporate Equity Transfer Disputes* and *Guide to Protecting the Professional Rights of Criminal Defense Lawyers*. He has received honors including *Asia Legal Business* (ALB) “Top 15 Litigation Lawyers in China” (2016) and *Legal500* “China City Elite” (2025).

 

 

 

 

Sun Jinli is a Senior Partner at Beijing King&Capital Law Firm. He graduated from Wuhan University with a Master of Laws degree. With nearly two decades of experience in the acquisition and disposal of non-performing assets, Attorney Sun specializes in designing comprehensive solutions for various complex and challenging non-performing asset projects. He has represented clients in numerous debt and credit disputes involving financial institutions, as well as a series of major and complex cases related to non-performing asset projects. In addition, he provides non-litigation legal services for outbound direct investment operations of financial institutions such as asset management companies, trust companies, and fund management firms, and offers full-cycle legal services for clients’ major investment and financing transactions, involving assets totaling over 100 billion yuan.

 

 

 

Over the years, Mr. Sun has provided professional and meticulous legal services to a wide range of clients, including the four major asset management companies, numerous trust companies, banks, fund management firms, state-owned enterprises, and listed companies. He has accumulated specialized knowledge and legal service experience across multiple industries and has earned high recognition from his clients.

 

 

 

 

Ma Zhao, a partner at Beijing King&Capital Law Firm and Deputy Secretary-General of the Civil Litigation Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association, graduated from China University of Political Science and Law. Her primary practice areas include corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, civil and commercial litigation, the intersection of criminal and civil law, and class-action litigation; she specializes particularly in handling major, complex, and challenging cases. She has represented clients in landmark class-action disputes, with the total amount in dispute across this series of cases reaching hundreds of millions of yuan. Facing an extremely unfavorable situation—where the overall success rate for similar cases was less than one ten-thousandth and the client had already lost the first-instance trial entirely—Attorney Ma Zhao successfully overturned the ruling on appeal, had the final judgment set aside, and thereby averted a risk of losses amounting to hundreds of millions of yuan for the client. Thanks to her numerous outstanding cases and solid professional performance, Attorney Ma Zhao has been honored with the LegalOne Elite 100: Dispute Resolution, the LegalOne Merits rating, the LegalOne “Stellar Accolade,” the 2025 Outstanding Transaction Award from *Commercial Law* magazine, the 2025 Benchmark Case Award from LawNews, and the title of “Masterful Lawyer” in the Corporate and Commercial Law (North China) and Dispute Resolution categories of LawNews’ *Guide to Premium Legal Service Brands (2025)*.

 

 

 

LegalOne evaluates transactions or cases submitted by legal and business professionals worldwide and awards individual honors based on their ability and experience in resolving real-world problems. This annual award is determined independently by the LegalOne research team based on the comprehensive practical capabilities demonstrated in the projects submitted by nominees, combined with client and industry feedback, LegalOne’s existing data, and other factors.